Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-07-30

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jul 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
443 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 350▲ 1 vs year ago 442 · +0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 105▼ 88 vs year ago 172 · −51.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $273.06/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −109.23 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$273.06
23 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.35
vs FL average
−14.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537276.841,48817thin
Medium and Large 2520262.361,3646thin
One grade step is worth $14.48/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
273.06
—
FL average5 barns · 148 hd
266.71
+6.35
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
−14.73
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−109.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
485427368310median 382.2903/1705/1908/0409/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $470.90, low $324.03, median $382.29 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,370150.522,0625thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,272129.711,65015
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,104115.731,27811

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260432.21/cwt425.00–440.001,1246
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312415.77/cwt410.00–420.001,2975
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320389.69/cwt380.00–400.001,2476
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364396.26/cwt380.00–410.001,4429
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368355.56/cwt340.00–370.001,30811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418344.73/cwt330.00–360.001,44114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425295.35/cwt280.00–310.001,2556
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460306.20/cwt300.00–315.001,4095
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488285.03/cwt280.00–290.001,3914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513287.20/cwt275.00–300.001,4738
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520262.36/cwt255.00–270.001,3646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559267.63/cwt260.00–277.001,4969
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317311.34/cwt305.00–320.009875
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320344.53/cwt330.00–360.001,1028
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369330.96/cwt315.00–345.001,22111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378299.80/cwt290.00–310.001,1336
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420309.64/cwt300.00–320.001,3008
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428274.74/cwt260.00–290.001,1768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470276.19/cwt270.00–282.001,2986
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479253.32/cwt245.00–265.001,2137
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528239.20/cwt230.00–245.001,2635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530257.43/cwt250.00–265.001,3648
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576247.83/cwt240.00–258.001,4287
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,370150.52/cwt149.00–154.002,0625
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104115.73/cwt110.00–121.001,27811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181136.68/cwt135.00–141.001,6144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305127.18/cwt120.00–131.001,66011

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.